The Presidential Election 2016 - there is something happening here - what it is aint exactly clear -

Deep inside we know:  What is happening in the presidential election in the United States is far greater than a political problem.  The disparity between candidates shows the deep chasm running through the people in the US as we struggle with the battle of heart versus head dominance.  This same struggle is occurring over the earth as technology brings us together making us one people.   

 We live in a world where a death in the Sudan is lamented by a school boy in Finland watching TV who then by email shares the story with a friend in New Zealand- and soon countless thousands are suffering from the loss of single life continents away.  We are no longer separated by time and space.  Almost instantaneously we know what is occurring on the other side of the earth. 

The people of The Earth are on the cusp of great change. The world can choose to come together as One Family or we can create great destruction This time in history makes the crusades look like child's play when compared to the mayhem we now have the potential of creating. 

The truth is we already know the only way out of the looming chaos.  We already have within us the tools to avert annihilation.  The question we need to ask ourselves is not ‘what is the answer?’ but rather ‘Are we willing to pay the price for creating a more peaceful world?’

 As long as our choices are motivated by fear and lack we will continue to play this top of the trash heap game seeking to place a crown of tin cans on the head of our personal team leader (pray we do not choose a bully).  Since the crusades and long before, so many who claim to follow the Christ point fingers at those who claim to follow Muhammad and call them heathen. But guess what, they in turn call the Christian heathen.   Add to this countless other scenarios wherein we create in our minds the ‘good guy’ versus ‘the bad guy’ stories.  (gay vs straight – black vs white – rich vs poor – and on and on the stories run).

When I look at the choices before us - it seems the present political climate is just the tip of the iceberg and it is a smoke and mirrors distraction from the real issue. OUR SOULS ARE AT STAKE - - yes we have choices to make - those in politics who we have elected to stand for us are a reflection of us - and the real choice is not about who will sit in an oval office - but about who will reign in our soul.

And finally you ask, ‘What is the price that must be paid to attain peace?’

The price is agape*.  The price is giving everything with generous and open heart.  Loving all and serving all, knowing we are family. 

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* Agape is the highest form of love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God. Agape embraces a universal, unconditional love that transcends and serves regardless of circumstances.

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